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Cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR, also known as ABCC7) is an eukaryotic protein belonging to the ABC-C subfamily of the ABC transporter family. CFTR protein is a chloride ion channel controlled by phosphorylation. It has a major role in electrolyte and fluid secretion. CFTR is important in the determination of fluid flow, ion concentration and transepithelial salt transport. Dysfunction of the CFTR channel causes the life-threatening disease, cystic fibrosis, in which trans-epithelial ion transport is disrupted.
